Metal container



March 26, 1935. A. KRONQUEST 1,995,990

- METAL CONTAINER Filed June 2, 1932 I Patented Mar. 26, 19 35 6:? I A U Theinvention relates to new and useful 'imform -'a cylindrical collan; At its upper; edge the provements in metal containers'which are-made collar iswrolledinwardly into a hollow beadgfor easy zto'open by a tearing strip and which'h-ave concealing the raw edge of the metal; and for j an insertedcollar inthe ,regionof the tearing strengthening and rounding out theioollart vIn- '5 stripQInmy application Serial; No.-593,9l5, filed termediatetheupperrand lower edges of; the col- February 18, 1932,"there.is-shown, described and lar an outwardly projecting;;;,iiattened bead is claimed an {easy opening container: havingjan formed'in thecollarrpreferably by the useof dies inserted collarwhich isheldtherein by the fric- 501 as ;toprovide an outwardly *projecting=por I tional grip f jthe central portion'of {the collar tionof.. uniformdiameter which contacts with 10- with the containerbody. As shown and dethe-body, of, the-containenforhholdingthe, collar"l0 scribed in the application'referredto, the collar .in place. ,{Ihisjoutwardlyprojecting portionv is has an-outwardly projecting, portion interme- 0fslightly;largendiameter than the interior diate its ends which makes the frictional-condiameterof. the container body and {the collar tactwith'thecontainerbody; and'the container is forced intothev container body,,thusmakingja I body has an inwardly projecting head which tight-frictional gripping contact therewith; This 15 contacts with the lower edgeorthe collar. irictional gripping contact is, the sole meansiior An-object of the present invention is to :-proo in e co l v l place i v the ,z n iner .vide a container with an inserted collar having bodyr At;the,lower edge the collarisbent outan outwardly projecting portion intermediate w rdly an -upw rd y and dimensioned SO'that the upper andloweredges thereof fornrrictiontheedge vof the-outward1y .andnpwardly turned 20 rallyvgripping the inner walljo f the a container po n W l 0011mm? Wi h h Y'Wal an u body, whichhcollarfis so constructed that-it is close thespacebetweenthe-lower. portion of the j ot eces sary to provide a y inward projectcollar and the containerqbody No bead in the ;ing bead inthe wall of the container body, thus wa l p th s n a r:bo is n ary for the leaving the-outer face of the container body low r dge =0- hec rw contact with the 25 smooth and 'free for decorati ng 7 container bodyas shown and described inmy nl th drawing, I prior application- 'lhe wall of thecontainer is Figurel is a= view partly inside elevation and free; fQm.,beads and is smooth sogthat it can partly finssection showing a container embodybe re l -de9orated-; I

ingIthe,improvements. i t j t Referringmore in detail tothe drawing, the 30 Figure. 213. a, verticalsectional view a, larger containerbodyisindicated at '1 and is of the 11511311 2 scale; showing the, container body and collar Q St TIlCF OQ- 91 bl y a in separated prior to the inserting of the collar sh pe-a d'i P 'Q i Wi har e sea h h may a i 'in the container body, W 1 i i be, a lap seamor-alock-and lap -seam.' .The con- 'Fi "re- 3 is a similar view'showing'the' parts tainerbody;is providedwith a flange 2, as shown 35 assembled and the closingend attached to the in he d aw ng, which-flan s used for the secontainer body. f curing of the closing end to the containervbody.

The invention has to do with a, container The wall of the container body is scored along which is made easy to open by a tearing strip the lines 3 and 4 which form a'tearihg Strip 5 40 formed by scoring the metal of the body wall having a tongue to which akey may be attached 40 adjacent one end of the container. ;Within the for tearin w y Said strip to ease the end container is a collar which is located in the fr e Container y and thus p C011- region of the tearing strip, which collar is a tainer; i a v I permanent part of the container body and after The container body'is of uniform diameter all the tearing strip is removed serves as a part of the way between the two flanges to which the 45' the container body to receivethe cover for re-. ends are attached, and the efore the outer face closing purposes. The invention has particuof the container body may be decorated. When larly to do with the construction of thecollar; it is necessary to provide the container body with I "The collar is formed of considerably less dianian inwardly or outwardly projecting bead, .it i

eter than the container body so that it may be greatly interferes with the decorated matter on 50' easily inserted therein either before or after the the outer face of the can. a container body is flanged. The collar may be The invention has to do particularly with a formed by drawing thelmetal of a blank so as to collar which may be inserted in a container and produce a seamless collar, or it may be formed permanently held in place therein without the I from a strip, the ends of which are joined to use of solder or without welding, and particularly 55 4 without theuse or any beadin the'body wall either to hold the collar in place or to prevent I movement of the container body. Thecollar is indicated at 6 in the drawing. The collar, as noted above, may be formed by drawing the metal of a blank so as to produce a seamless collar or it may be formed .from a strip, the ends 'otrwhich' are joined to form the cylindrical collar; The

invention-has, toldojwith the particularshaplof the collar rather than the manner of forming the collar.

tions is provided with an outwardly projecting Q i flattened bead .7, the outer face of whichis of uniform diameter and of a diameter-slightly greater than the inner diameter] of the container body. The collar at the upperv edge is:rolled.or'

curled inwardly as indicated at 8. ,'I'hi s 1orms a strengthening bead which maintains the collar in its cylindrical form during therhandlifigl-r of the same and which .also conceals the raw edge of the metal, providing a smooth edge at the entrance'mouth of the container when it is open; {The lower edge of the collaris bent outwardly and-. ,upwardly as indicated at 9. This edge portion is so dimensioned that the extreme diameter of the upwardly turned portionis slightly greater than-the inner diameter 01' the containerbody: 'Iheco1 lar 6 described isfinserted in the container body after it has beencompleted and may be inserted after the containerbody is flanged or prior to the flanging thereof. The inclined outer face of the upturned portion 9 will direct; the collar intothe container; This 'up-r turned portion contacting with the wall of the container will be compressed andbentinwardly j'and will maintain a contact with the inner "faceiof thef'container. Theportion 7 is sodimensioned, as noted above, thatit also makes contact with the inner wall of the containerbody.

The portion of the collar leading to the extreme outer diameter of thisbead '7 inclines outwardly and further aids in the insertingof the-collar *into the container body. v a Thecollar expandsthe containerbody slightly so thatboth the upturned lower edge portion'and the bead '7 make a very firm frictional gripping contact with the wall of 'the'contain er body and I this will holdthe collar in afpermanentset position. The collar may-be inserted atthe same time that the container body is flanged and placed at a deflniteposition relative to theformed flange.

It may be partially inserted and finally seated or placed when the cover is pressed into the container body and joined thereto by double' seani'ing.

The cover or closing end is indicated at 10 andthe The collar intermediate its end por-c= sary any'inwardly projecting bead} A It is obvious that the invention ls not limitedj v to the formofconstructlonshown; but thatit double seam for joining the 'end tothe container body is indicated at 11. This portion of the container which has justbeen described is made by the manufacturer,, and the container is I then shipped to the packer and after thecontainer is filled the end 12 .is attached and double seamed to the container body; After the tearing strip is removed the end 10 becomes-thcover and, as

shown in the drawing," isrprovided with-a depressed portion 13 which slips down outside of the collar just above the be'adfl. In other -words.

the collar, proper is spaced away fromthe wall 01 the container body a distance which permits this;

from theupper edge thereof; toa point adjacent the lower edge and then the-lower edge bent inwardl'y. and outwardly to provide anupturned 'memberi similar-to-the member 9 which grips the wall of the'container and"thus"mal es-unneces- 25 may be modified-in many ways without'd t from the Scope'of the appended c1 Havingflthus' described the invention, what*I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patt,i :jj A containercomprising a body pomon'anam sure ends seamed thereto, oneofwhich'has a d'- pending portion, said bodyportion being of uni- 7 form diameter throughout and having 'Score'lines forming a tearing strip, a collar with'in'said container in the region of said tearing strip, said 001-" lar having an upper portion oiiset from the'body of the container-and forming a recess adapted to lower edge "portion rolled outwardly into 'flrin having an iritennediate'portion' between*saidoil? set portions of slightly larger diameter'than the iii 'receiveth izdepending'portion on the closure'end, I

said-collar having the lowerportion me eor 'fronrthe bodyof the containerandhaving gripping contactwith therbody of the' *contairier I ,for concealing the raw edge of the metal for holding Ithecollar inlt'he, container, said-collar inner diameter 'of-th container whereby when said collar is 'forcedinto the container said inter- -mediateportion will firmly gripf and serveas a means for securing the; collar tolthe container." L. KRON QUEST. 

